I had the idea for an SCP consisting of a stairwell that travels in all directions at once, sort of like in The Escher Staircase. I cannot seem to find another SCP similar to this, and if there is, I would like to be informed. What a really want to know is whether this seems to be a good/valid idea for an SCP and if anyone had any suggestions for the varios details, although I already have a basic idea established in my head.

If you have a constructive comment, not something like "That is a horrible idea", but something more like "That idea would be improved by (insert idea here)".

Thank you in advance.

EDIT: I think I amy have put this in the wrong catagory, as it probably should have been in Ideas and Brainstorming instead of Drafts and Critiques. I apologize for this.

1. Props for recognizing your own mistake. That's a bigger asset than you know.

2. This idea seems like it might be a little hard to write up, but I'm sufficiently interested to want to know more about it. I think the thing of primary importance is that the object by itself will probably not do well. What would be better is if you can find a way to imply a story that goes on around it, things you can hint at in the documentation to make it really stand out.

While i find this a good idea, my plan was for each staircase to lead to/from a door, and the door led to another staircase. When closed, doors tend to change staircases, making exploring the object very difficult. Having the staircases go elsewhere in space-time is a good idea, the only problem I have with said idea is that the staircase is immobile, being inside of a building and all, and you mentioned Space/Time, meaning a different location as well, at least in my head. If the stairwell has exits at different locations in space (time i don't immediately see a problem with), how does it get there? I don't have a good answer for this, so it makes the idea harder to pull of.

Ok, so I have the general idea down. In general, the different staircases fall under their own set of physics, and transferring from one staircase by means of anything other that a door, pretty much kills you. I have yet to decide how. Somehow, (probably part of its anomalous nature) traveling through doors to other stairs causes one to be unaffected by the shift in physics. (The individual sets of physics are highly similar to ours, the only real difference being the direction and intensity of gravity) If one continues to touch the same staircase, one is protected by in, but if one leaves contact with their current staircase, they are no longer protected by it, and touching a different staircase immediately shifts the physics one is under, killing them instantly. The building it is contained in is larger on the inside than it is on the outside, and also warps all video recorded within it so greatly that it is indiscernible. The object came under Foundation attention and eventual control after a rash of disappearances in a small community in [BLACK SPACES] related to an old abandoned home. Said structure had no anomalous features before being abandoned in 19##. The structure can be accessed by a single front door, which leads to a small room with no doors (other than the one from which one enters) and a staircase going to what should be a third floor. At the top of this staircase is a door. This door leads to the anomalous part of the structure.

This is the gist of what I have written so far. Any and all constructive criticism is appreciated.

You know, I kind of like the idea of a stairwell that once you go into and close the door behind you, you're trapped forever, with each door at each landing leading to just a different part of the stairwell. An exploration log of this escher-space could be fascinating.

I don't think fatality would be a good thing for this object. Sudden reversals of up and down and directional confusion could be good, but having it kill you when it is not fundamentally an object about killing would just feel tacked on.

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I see where you are coming from about the killing thing. I had come to that not all that long after I posted the post. As far as passive-aggression, that tends to be who I am, even though I am at least attempting to correct that.

This idea seems really intriguing. Merely looking at Escher Stairs make my head spin and being trapped on one would not leave me sane for very long.

I like the idea of changing physics as you go from staircase to staircase, but I also agree death from these changes seem unnessecary. I think it'd be far creepier if physics didn't change, but your perception of time changed, and that effects how you interact with physics. Such as when you're on a set that makes you percieve everything as fast, things thrown move faster than they ought to.

I also like the idea of spending years or even decades blundering around on a staircase only to realize that compared to normal time, its only been a couple minutes. Vice versa might also be a fun avenue to explore. Perhaps to communicate this idea, some hapless D-Class is sent into it with a radio and ends ups relating nearly half an hour's worth of information while only have been gone for a minute or two. The eventual time discrepancy (as replies seem to grow farther and farther apart for the poor D-Class) could make an interesting lab report.

I'm not sure, this seems a bit like the Improbable Stair from the Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix. Just the idea of a staircase that takes you to different places in space/time. Of course, there's not a set place for the Improbable Stair, but the IS does kill you if you step off of it in the wrong place, and there is a danger of you being permanently left wherever you stop. It's not a bad idea, just make sure that it's different enough so that they're not the same.

The idea of an architectural feauture (not necessarily a stairwell) that transports you through space time is more of a cultural trope, and definitely predates that particular series.
Also, I'd completely forgotten about those books. Good times.